See also: Raison

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French reson, raison, inherited from Latin ratiōnem. Compare the borrowed doublet ration.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁɛ.zɔ̃/ ~ /ʁe.zɔ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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raison f (plural raisons)

  1. reason (cause)
  2. reason (mental faculties)
  3. (mathematics) common difference (of an arithmetic series)
  4. (mathematics) common ratio (of a geometric series)

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Louisiana Creole

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Etymology

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From French raison (reason), compare Haitian Creole rezon.

Verb

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raison

  1. to be right

References

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  • Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Old French

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Noun

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raison oblique singularf (oblique plural raisons, nominative singular raison, nominative plural raisons)

  1. Alternative form of reson

Yola

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Noun

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raison

  1. Alternative form of raaison
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Dinna ishe mee a raison.
      Do not ask me the reason.

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 48